1 Peter 2:7

A Living Stone, A Chosen People

⁶ For there is a passage of Scripture that runs-- 'See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious corner-stone; And he who believes in him shall have no cause for shame.' ⁷ It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is 'a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,' ⁸ and 'a stumbling-block, and a rock which shall prove a hindrance.' They stumble because they do not accept the Message. This was the fate destined for them.

Chief Cornerstone

Have Faith

Put on

Stone of Stumbling

Stone Which the Builders Rejected

Matthew 21:42

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

1 Peter 2:8

and 'a stumbling-block, and a rock which shall prove a hindrance.' They stumble because they do not accept the Message. This was the fate destined for them.

Mark 12:10-11

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

Acts 4:11-12

Jesus is 'the stone which, scorned by you the builders, has yet become the corner stone.'

Luke 2:32

A Light to bring light to the Gentiles, And to be the Glory of thy people Israel."

Luke 20:17

But Jesus looked at them and said: "What then is the meaning of this passage?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner-stone.'

John 4:42

And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."

John 6:68-69

But Simon Peter answered: "Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;

Acts 26:19

After that, King Agrippa, I did not fail to obey the heavenly vision;

Romans 10:21

But of the people of Israel he says--'All day long I have stretched out my hands to a people who disobey and contradict.'

Romans 15:31

Pray that I may be rescued from those in Judea who reject the Faith, and that the help which I am taking to Jerusalem may prove acceptable to Christ's People;

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the latter we are an odor which arises from death and tells of Death; to the former an odor which arises from life and tells of Life. But who is equal to such a task?

Philippians 3:7-10

But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ's sake, come to count as loss.

Colossians 2:10

And, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the Head of all Archangels and Powers of Heaven.

Titus 3:3

There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.

Hebrews 11:31

Faith saved Rahab, the prostitute, from perishing with the unbelievers, after she had entertained the spies with friendliness.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have never seen him, yet you love him; though you do not even now see him, yet you believe in him, and exalt with a triumphant happiness too great for words,

Matthew 13:44-46

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, and then, in his delight, went and sold everything that he had, and bought that field.